METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF TRITIUM CONCENTRATIONS IN RAIN WATER COLLECTED IN FUKUOKA, JAPAN, FROM 1987-1991

Authors
MATSUOKA N HIRAI E TAGOMORI H MOMOSHIMA N TAKASHIMA Y
Citation
N. Matsuoka et al., METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF TRITIUM CONCENTRATIONS IN RAIN WATER COLLECTED IN FUKUOKA, JAPAN, FROM 1987-1991, Science of the total environment, 145(3), 1994, pp. 197-205
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Science of the total environment → ACNP
ISSN journal
00489697
Volume
145
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
197 - 205
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-9697(1994)145:3<197:MAOTCI>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Tritium concentrations in rain water collected in Fukuoka, Japan, from April 1987 to July 1991, were measured. The tritium concentration of each 'rain' showed a large variation from 0.06-3.39 Bq l-1, with an av erage value of 0.62 Bq l-1. Weather conditions significantly affected the tritium concentration in rain. Higher tritium concentrations were observed when air-mass moved dominantly from the Asian Continent to Fu kuoka. The annual average concentrations were no longer decreased afte r 1987 in Fukuoka.